The Osceola times., 1887-06-11

TaE railroads throughout Montana aavo
been at q standstill for several days,
owing 10 high water. Mullen tunnel cavol
in on the Northern Pacific. The Utah,
Northern and Oregon Short Line bridge
was washed out
TnE |. 800 Chinese who were quarantined
At San Francisco on account Of the out
break OF smallpox on the Gaelic, have
been permitted 10 land. A number Of
Japanese passengers on the Gaelic hayt
| lodged very strong complaint against
| tho way they were treated They say
they wero forced 10 remain In contact
with the filthy Chinese immigrants on tho
quarantine boat, and were refused !odg
ing and food, uotwithstini ling they had
| all besn vdccinated.
Ok the 81 an earthq nake swept over the
greater portion OF Northern Callfornia
and Western Nevada. Much general
damage is reported.
rnE Illinois Philharmonic Socioty's
June festival closed vt Bloomington on
the night OF the 81.
NEGOTIATIONS vita tho Rotbschilds tc
return part Of the pub ic debt OF Russia
at a lower rate Of interest are ia progress.
THERE is a halt In the Jake Sharpe trial
at New York while charges Of attempted
tampering with the jury are being In
yestigated.
A RECENT dispatch from Binhdinh,
Anam, says the mandarins and 40,Oo(
natives have submitted TO the French
resident, pedgng allegiance by kissing
the earth, according TO the native Gus
tom.
OK the 3 conflicts occurred at Bodyke,
Ireland, over the renewal of evictions Of
certain tenants. Serious troubles are ap.
pretended.
A PARIS paper asserts that the police
department are keeping from the public
the real extent of loss Of life In the Opera
Comiquc fire.
UP 10 the 81 the total number Of cases
Of yellow fever at Key West, Fla, was
thirteen, Of which number four had re.
suited fatally. Six were sick and three
convalcsccnL
The Treasury Department has decided
that importalions Of wool can only be
subjected to duty rs secured wool upon
evidence that 1t has been cleaned by
chemical or mechanical process. In the
absence Of such evidence, no matter how
clean the wool may be, II is entitled 10
entry as washed.
THE floods which have prevailed for
several days in the south Of Hungary
show 10 signs OF abatement. szs gdin is
crowded with fugitiyos from the sub
merged districts. aud hundreds arc com
ing In hourly. Thus far all tho attem pts
made to repair brokon dykes have been
fruitless. Upwards If 10000 acres OF
land under cultivation with wheat have
been inundated aud tho crops totally de-
stroyed.
TnE Pacific railroad investigation has
closed for the present the commission
having adjourned until October.
The recent National militia cncamp-
ment at Washington fell short of paying
expenses $3.50
TIE Afghan frontier commission has
closed its labors having signally failed
10 accomplish the object for which it was
formed
The Florida authorities have appealed
to the General Government to give such
aid rs is allowable under the law in pre-
venting the spread Of yellow fever
The question OF paramount Importance
In France at present Is not so much the
attitude OF Germany as tho condition Of
the finances.
WITH the close OF the w.ei; ended the
4th the Dctroits still held the lead in tho
League base ball championship series,
with Boston Il good second and Chicago
advanced TO fourth. In tho American As
sociation the st. Louis Browns remain IA
top, with no other team within gunshot
OF them. They did not lose game during
the week.
JouS BRowN and Edward Hogan, of the
crew Of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing
schooner Richard Lester, were recently
picked up at sea In dory and landed at
North Sydney, N. H., after having been
adrift SIX days without food or water.
TnE forward movements of Russian
troops upon the Afghan frontier has been
greatly accelerated within the last few
weeks, and the English authorities in In
dia arc preparing to meet them.
OK the 9th a cloud-burst did great dam
age in Obcrlin, o.
Til. United States Fish Commiss ion is
to try the experiment Of stocking Salt
lake, Utah, with shad.
OK the 5th u number Of New York he
tells disregarded the Sunday Liquor law,
and tests in court are to he made at once.
WASHINGTON adviccs intimate that tho
railroads are quietly making up u case
against the consttuNonality of the Inter.
State Commerce law.
OK the 4th thunderstorm greatly dam
aged the crops in Southwestern Germany.
Several lives were lost by frcshe,s. Tho
Rhine rose very rapidly.